hang back

The Harris campaign has mostly hung back from directly engaging with the various group calls, except when Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff surprised a Black gay and queer men’s group by joining a call last week.

This enabled Trump to hang back, as well.

Dad lets me and JP check out the museum on our own while he and Uncle Ty hang back and talk.

The police hung back, and students abided their directive that activity end at 10 p.m.

As she relates in “Chita: A Memoir,” written with Patrick Pacheco, she always “hung back” when cast members went out after shows to drink and flirt and belt out show tunes.